


Metrics include the quality of nursing leadership, coordination, and collaboration across specialties, as well as processes for measuring and improving the quality and delivery of care. Through this framework, ANCC evaluates applicants across a number of components and dimensions to gauge an organization's nursing excellence. The Magnet Model provides a framework for nursing practice, research, and measurement of outcomes. "I am proud of our team members for maintaining this prestigious designation and showing our community that we are committed to providing expert care every single day." "Being recognized as a Magnet hospital for the fifth consecutive term speaks volumes about the level of patient care delivered at our hospital," said Richard Tanzella, CEO of East Jefferson General Hospital. Only 32 organizations in the nation have ever received a fifth designation. EJGH continues to belong to the Magnet community-a select group of 589 healthcare organizations out of more than 6,000 in the U.S. This voluntary credentialing program for hospitals recognizes excellence in nursing.
#MAGNET HOSPITALS DRIVERS#
Magnet hospitals are certified as institutions where nurses are empowered to not only take the lead on patient care, but to be the drivers of institutional healthcare change and innovation. EJGH is the only Louisiana hospital to receive this recognition for five consecutive terms.
#MAGNET HOSPITALS PROFESSIONAL#
This credential is the highest honor an organization can receive for professional nursing practice. NEW ORLEANS, J/PRNewswire/ - For the fifth consecutive term, East Jefferson General Hospital (EJGH) has attained Magnet ® recognition as part of the American Nurses Credentialing Center's (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program ®. Hospital is the only one in Louisiana to achieve this recognition for five consecutive terms
